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Creamy with ripe peach, honey and some nice high toned botrytis notes. The palate is bright and richly weighted with peach and apricot, citrus and cloudy honey.

Crisp and clean juice. Nicely pithy and not overly broad nor lean. Just well pitched. This has been in bottle since the beginning of August and is nicely settled. This remains quite tight, quite br...

Sun's out, MiP*'s in! As pale as ever, as exceptionally aromatic and fresh as ever, Guillaume Philippe’s brilliant rosé from Puyloubier, in front of the iconic Mont Saint Victoire, has a nose whi br...

A fruity and straight-up Rioja with crushed-berry and spice character. Medium to full body. Flavorful finish. Drink now.

The red 2016 Laderas de Leonila was harmonious with contained ripeness, serious and fresh, with something feral-like that made it a little mysterious. It had a medium-bodied palate with fine-grai br...

From sand and gravel soils this pure Cabernet Franc is superb. Loaded with crunchy dark berries and peppy red juice but there is a sheen of lovely polished black fruit too, lifted by spice and an br...

Dei's 'Rosso' is a fine-textured Sangiovese with excellent fruit and the same rounded dry texture of the Vino Nobile in a gentler form. Open on the palate, the spicy fruit is also gentle and easy br...

This really showcases the qualities of the 2018 vintage. Ripe and intense with lovely shape and depth, plenty of rich citrus, gooseberry fruit, then that tell tale gun flint, almost touch chalky br...

In Nebbiolo terms a shade lighter, but that still means there's a good healthy dose of tannin and some bitter blackcherry fruit. For robust suppers.

The hamlet of Chavignol really is the place to be in Sancerre if you are looking for depth, cut and interest. This horse-shoe shaped ridge of vineyards gives so much more personality to the fruit br...

Great aromatics from the start on the Cuvee Ghany, cracked black pepper, dark cherry and plum fruit. The palate is richly textured with fleshy plum fruit, some lovely cooked meat notes, undergrow br...

This is the end of the bottle so it may not be showing its best: a bit severe, green fruited and chalky in texture. But has a more mineral overlay at first and then a creamy finish. Distinctive a br...